Friday, 15 January 2021

SOCIAL: EXTRACTING DNA FROM BONES

I was just thinking.  Archeologist often excavate sites and discover bones.  With these bones, there is a possibility that DNA can be extracted.  With curent technology, it is only possible to extract said DNA if the bones were preserved in a manner that DNA material did not decompose.  Such is the case when excavators discover bones in places like the arctic.  My point is here, arn't the bones that are made a form of DNA in itself.  Clearly a specific DNA had to produce the specific bones.  Can't scientist reverse engineer the process to determine what DNA specifically created the bone structure of what was excavated?  I think that each person has a unique variation of bone in their body produced by their unique DNA.  Its just a theory and I think it needs to be looked at more closely.

Currently, when paleontologists extract DNA from bone, they are getting the DNA mostly from the osteocytes.  But issnt the specific structure of the bone itself unique to the person?  Issnt it then possible to determine what specific DNA caused the bone to be structured in that way?  

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